When did you know that you wanted to make music a career? When I was in 3rd grade I told my mom I want to be singer but I actually molded to be singer/rapper overtime. Who were some of your influences as you are molding your sound? At the time when I was young I was more influenced by Lil …

DJ Pain 1 sits down to show you how “Offshore” was produced without samples: What VSTs I used, how I programmed the drums and how I achieved the vintage effect.

Hip Hop artist The Last Wordbender releases his debut album, “The B-Side Love Songs”, twelve originally produced tracks with guest features from Akeem Kizart, The ImFamous KenFlow B, Miss Ambitious, TRIM Forte, Carla Michelle and Shony Jones. The combined lyricism oozes of raw, organic hip hop. The brunt of the production is provided by DJ Brickrock and a sole track …

Elgin, Illinois hip hop ensemble Watch City releases “Rock The Cradle”, a soulful production provided by group member Angrous that also showcases Kyle Cole’s verbal abilities. Check out the song below.

Chicago, Illinois producer/ emcee Chance drops a brand new beat tape titled “A Stolen Love Story” as a free download via his Bandcamp page. A mix of vintage funk, reggae, soul & new age contemporary sounds bring a bit of Chance Productions to your ears. Crazy drums influenced from hip hop, African drum circles, jazz and salsa, all blend together …

Next up out of the Portland, Oregon music scene is SamuelThe1st, who is prepping the April 25th release of his upcoming mixtape, “1st of the Kind”. He teams up with fellow Portland artists & STRAY Music Group members ¢hief and Donté Thomas for a super infectious club single titled “Bring Two”. With a coy twist based on “doubling up”, the …

Rockford, Illinois hip hop emcee The Last Wordbender delivers a Rocky inspired visual to his lead off single, “Now is the Time 4 Me”, which carries a feature from fellow artist Akeem Kizart. DJ Brickrock does a wonderful job providing an eighties themed production complete with a clever vocal sampled chorus line. Wordbender & Akeem make the perfect tag team …

Illinois recording artist and first lady of UG Promotions releases her Good Eye directed video to her single, “The Duchess”. The song is featured on her new album that also shares the same name, which is available for purchase online now. HaZe “The Duchess”

For all you Hip Hop heads here is “MF Doom as Viktor Vaughn”

Major Lazer drops his new record “Roll The Bass”